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Administrative Assistant

For more information:
Shirley Gehrke
Assoc. Prof/Office Systems Coordinator/Adviser
Phone: (815) 280-2383
Ram Raghuraman
Department Chair
Phone: (815) 280-2334
Fax: (815) 280-6655
Office: T-2037
E-mail: sgehrke@jjc.edu

There is an A.A.S. degree and two certificates (administrative assistant and legal administrative assistant) offered in this curriculum.

CO809
ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT
ASSOCIATE IN APPLIED SCIENCE
Career Program

DEGREE REQUIREMENTS

There are many job opportunities for well-trained administrative assistants in offices in the community. Legal administrative assistants may look forward to employment in lawyers’ offices and the court system. Medical administrative assistants and transcriptionists will find opportunities for employment in doctors' offices, clinics and hospitals.

			Semester Hours
General education requirements				15
	SPCH 101		Principles of Speech

Required Courses				36
	ACCY 100		Introduction to Accounting
	BUS 111		Principles of Business Communications
	OFS 103		Advanced Document Formatting
	OFS 104		Administrative Documents
	OFS 166		Microsoft Word for Windows I
	OFS 167		Microsoft Word for Windows II
	OFS 113		Desktop Publishing Using Microsoft Word and Publisher
	OFS 114		Microsoft Office Suite
	OFS 115		Advanced Microsoft Office
	OFS 141		General Machine Transcription
or	OFS 142		Legal Machine Transcription
or	OFS 143		Medical Machine Transcription
	OFS 201		Office Procedures
Electives selected from the following:				13
	ACCY 101		Accounting I
	ACCY 102		Accounting II
	BLAW 101		Business Law I
	CIS 116		Introduction to the Internet
	CIS 152		Database Management Systems for Microcomputers
	MGMT 101		Principles of Management
	OFS 102		Document Formatting
	OFS 106		Keyboarding Speed and Accuracy
	OFS 110		Voice Recognition
	OFS 118		PageMaker
	OFS 121		Shorthand I Theory
	OFS 122		Shorthand II Speed Building
	OFS 123		Shorthand III Transcription
	OFS 128		InDesign
	OFS 151		Computer Data Entry
	OFS 290		Internship

Total				64
OFS 101 or one semester of previous keyboarding instruction and CIS 105 or basic knowledge of the Windows environment are additional requirements of this program. A suggested guide for the student planning employment as an administrative assistant after two years of college.
FIRST YEAR
	First Semester		Second Semester
	ENG 101 or ENG 130	3	ACCY 100	3
	OFS 103	3	BUS 111	3
	OFS 166	3	OFS 114	4
	Gen Ed Elective	3	OFS 167	3
	SPCH 101	3	Humanities Elective	3
		15		16
SECOND YEAR
	First Semester		Second Semester
	Gen Ed Elective	3	OFS 141, 142, or 143	3
	Elective	4	Electives	6
	OFS 113	3	Gen Ed. Elective	4
	OFS 201	3	OFS 104	3
	OFS 115	4
		17		16

CO810 ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT CERTIFICATE OF ACHIEVEMENT
		Semester Hours
Required Courses			35
	ACCY 100	Introduction to Accounting
	BUS 111	Principles of Business Communications
	ENG 101	Rhetoric
	OFS 103	Advanced Document Formatting
	OFS 104	Administrative Documents
	OFS 166	Microsoft Word for Windows I
	OFS 167	Microsoft Word for Windows II
	OFS 113	Desktop Publishing Using Microsoft Word and Publisher
	OFS 114	Microsoft Office Suite
	OFS 141	General Machine Transcription
	OFS 201	Office Procedures
Total Required Hours			35
CIS 105 or basic knowledge of the Windows environment is an additional requirement of this program.

CO815
LEGAL ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT
CERTIFICATE OF ACHIEVEMENT

		Semester Hours
Required Courses			38
	ACCY 100	Introduction to Accounting
	BLAW 101	Business Law I
	BUS 111	Principles of Business Communications
	ENG 101	Rhetoric
	OFS 103	Advanced Document Formatting
	OFS 104	Administrative Documents
	OFS 166	Microsoft Word for Windows I
	OFS 167	Microsoft Word for Windows II
	OFS 114	Microsoft Office Suite
	OFS 142	Legal Machine Transcription
	OFS 201	Office Procedures
	OFS 204	Legal Terminology and Documents
Total Required Hours			38

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